any interesting card (cash) games?

[HeavyHitter]

Finally got the wife to agree to allowing a card game (poker) at the house this evening and was wondering if anyone had any cash games that are interesting (but not too complicated)?

We usually play a game called 3-5-7...everyone is dealt three cards to start and low card in the hand is wild. Dealer starts the pot with a $1. Starting to the left of the dealer each player gets a chance to play or pass. If a player chooses to play, he is basically challenging anyone at the table to beat his hand. After someone plays, every other person gets to "play" that person or pass. If someone plays the original "player" the two exchange cards, look to see who had the higher hand, give the cards back, and the loser pays whatever amount is in the pot to the winner. If no one "plays" the "player" the player wins the pot. If at least one person plays the player everyone throws in a quarter and gets two more cards. Process then repeats itself with everyone getting a chance to play or pass. There can only be one original "player" at the table, though. So the first two guys to the left of the dealer can pass and the third guy says play, then he is the player that everyone has to play against. If no one plays, another quarter from each person and two more cards. If only one person plays, he wins the pot. If one person plays and at least someone else "plays" that person, another quarter from everyone and two more cards. Again the process repeats itself. At this point, if no one plays or one person plays and someone plays that person, another quarter from each and everyone starts over with three cards.

It sounds complicated, but pots can grow quickly and ultimately, since the wild card in your hand can change (low card in your hand), hands can change. The only way you win the pot is if you choose to "play" and no one plays you. BTW, if two people plauy each other and match their hands, they both pay the pot. Bluffing can get costly for example if there is $20 in the pot, you choose to play and three guys come after you. Anyway I tried my best to explain it, but after you play a few hands it is quite easy to pick up, actually not complicated, and a good way to pass some time with beer and buds.

So, anyone got a good card game?

 

[Mags]

Finally got the wife to agree to allowing a card game at the house this evening and was wondering if anyone had any cash games that are interesting (but not too complicated)?

We usually play a game called 3-5-7...everyone is dealt three cards to start and low card in the hand is wild. Dealer starts the pot with a $1. Starting to the left of the dealer each player gets a chance to play or pass. If a player chooses to play, he is basically challenging anyone at the table to beat his hand. After someone plays, every other person gets to "play" that person or pass. If someone plays the original "player" the two exchange cards, look to see who had the higher hand, give the cards back, and the loser pays whatever amount is in the pot to the winner. If no one "plays" the "player" the player wins the pot. If at least one person plays the player everyone throws in a quarter and gets two more cards. Process then repeats itself with everyone getting a chance to play or pass. There can only be one original "player" at the table, though. So the first two guys to the left of the dealer can pass and the third guy says play, then he is the player that everyone has to play against. If no one plays, another quarter from each person and two more cards. If only one person plays, he wins the pot. If one person plays and at least someone else "plays" that person, another quarter from everyone and two more cards. Again the process repeats itself. At this point, if no one plays or one person plays and someone plays that person, another quarter from each and everyone starts over with three cards.

It sounds complicated, but pots can grow quickly and ultimately, since the wild card in your hand can change (low card in your hand), hands can change. The only way you win the pot is if you choose to "play" and no one plays you. BTW, if two people plauy each other and match their hands, they both pay the pot. Bluffing can get costly for example if there is $20 in the pot, you choose to play and three guys come after you. Anyway I tried my best to explain it, but after you play a few hands it is quite easy to pick up, actually not complicated, and a good way to pass some time with beer and buds.

So, anyone got a good card game?

Poker? :shrug:

If you want big pots, play:

No Limit Holdem

Other games?

5 Stud, 7 Stud
Razz (very fun game)
5 Draw
Omaha Hi/Low

I don't know any wild card type games - never been a fan....

 

[Jinxbreaker]

HH great game....try dealing 7 cards to the side and @ the end if know one is left you still have to beat the side hand or double the pot. 3 card guts is another good one.

 

[dawgball]

As far as wild card games, I always liked "Low in the hole".

Dealt like seven card stud. Everyone's lowest card in the hole is wild. All matches of that same number card are wild as well.

Must pay $X to get the seventh card up.

The reason someone would pay to get the seventh card up is to avoid changing their wild card in the end. Make paying for it a little painful in comparison to the rest of the game. If you are playing $0.25/$0.50, then make it at least $1.

You could also play this as a split pot game. Such as High spade down wins half pot.

 

[SixFive]

ahh, my favorite games; we call it 'dealer's choice'. :00hour

Since this is a friendly game, you can make the stakes lower than what I mention or higher if you wish. Also, make sure to play that the 'cards speak'. I've seen some very hard feelings in games where a guy called his hand wrong and lost to an inferior hand, and that's kinda silly. With all these wild card games, you could easily misread your hand.

Here are a few...

727

everybody is dealt 1 card up and 1 face down. Every face card is worth 0.5 points. Aces are 1 or 11. All other cards are worth their face value. The object of the game is to be the person closest to 7 or 27. After the initial round of betting, each person is allowed to take a card or pass, then you bet again. After you pass 2 times in a row, your hand is frozen. You may pass once then take a card the next time around. The final pot is split in half between the 2 winners. Going over DOES NOT mean that you lose. 6.5 beats 7.5, 7.5 beats 6 and so on.

Omaha Hi-Lo

Not a wild card game, but play this one as 'pot limit', and you'll have some very interesting and big hands. Look up on the net how to play if you don't know. We play a variant of this called 'Greek' where you start with 5 cards instead of 2. You can also make a rule where you must use 3 cards or you can use 2 or 3 to change it up even more.

Drop One

All players are dealt 5 cards. A flop/turn/river are dealt in the middle following the proper betting. After the flop, you must 'drop one' of your cards into the muck. The LOWEST CARD IN YOUR HAND is wild. Aces may be played as low and used as your wild card if you wish. There is also a hi/lo split for this game where any combination of your cards are used for the low. However, all cards used for the low must be their face value (you can't have 3 wild cards and call them A, 2, and 3). There is an 8 qualifier for low just like in Omaha Hi/Lo. This game is often won with 5 of a kind or a straight flush, and the pots get big because everybody thinks they have something.

Anderson County

All players are dealt 5 cards. A 5 card board is dealt in the middle, and a card is then dealt face up. That face up card is wild along with all others of that rank for a total of 4 wild cards. You can make your hand with any combination of the 5 in your hand, the 5 on the board plus the wild card dealt up. The face up/wild card plays in your hand as well and may be used to make your low hand via it's face value.

This is a forced bet game; before you start, determine how much each round of betting costs. 1 card is flipped at a time. A common way to do the betting for a friendly game is to make the initial bet $1 followed by 2 more $1 bets. The third card on the board is then $2, the fourth $2, and the fifth $5. The person to the left of the dealer either puts out his bet or folds (there is no checking). The next person can call/raise/fold with a 3 raise max. The next round, the forced betting goes to the next player (that way the same person isn't leading out first every time) and so on.

This is ALSO a hi/lo split, but the qualifier for low is a 7 instead of 8. Again, the low hand has to be natural as in Drop One above.

Roadhouse

Every person antes a dollar into the pot and is dealt 5 cards. There is also a 'widow' or 'dummy' hand dealt to the side. Deuces are wild PLUS the lowest card in your hand. Aces are always high. Deuces do not count as your low card; they are just like jokers and are purely a wild card. If you have a deuce and a pair of 3s, you have a great starter since that is 3 wild cards that aren't going to change. Starting to the left of the dealer, the person declares if they are in or not. IF they are in, they are in for whatever amount is in the pot. If they lose, they must match the pot (6 players=6 bucks). After the players declare if they are in or out, 2 more cards are dealt to the players who stay plus 2 more cards to the 'dummy'. The players must make their best 5 card hand out of the 7 cards they have.

Where this gets tricky is for example in your first 5 cards you have K K 6 7 7. This is a starter of 3 K's since the 6 is your lowest card and wild. It's very possibly going to be 4 K's though if one of your next two cards is higher than a 7 because in your final hand, you only use 5 cards and therefore, the 6 can be dropped making your 7s the low card in your hand. However, if you are dealt a 4 and 5 on your next two cards, your best hand is only a full house Ks over 7s since the 7 isn't your lowest.

This is another game where everybody has something, and the pots can get huge. If you have 6 people playing for example, and on the first pot, 3 stay, 1 person wins the 6 bucks in the middle, the other 2 match the pot, so your starting pot is $12. It can quickly go up from there. If you declare you are out, you still get dealt the next round and have that option to play again.

Lastly, at showdown, you have to beat the 'dummy' hand. If the dummy wins, then EVERYBODY who stayed has to match the pot while the initial 6 bucks is also left out there. kurby

Have fun!

 

[UGA12]

727

everybody is dealt 1 card up and 1 face down. Every face card is worth 0.5 points. Aces are 1 or 11. All other cards are worth their face value. The object of the game is to be the person closest to 7 or 27. After the initial round of betting, each person is allowed to take a card or pass, then you bet again. After you pass 2 times in a row, your hand is frozen. You may pass once then take a card the next time around. The final pot is split in half between the 2 winners. Going over DOES NOT mean that you lose. 6.5 beats 7.5, 7.5 beats 6 and so on.

Fun game, something he left out was that if you have a 5 and 2 aces you have 7 and 27 and thus would win the whole pot given no one else had either of the two!

 

[new redneck]

freezeout !!! each player gets 10 chips.. buys in, can be 10, 50 100 wharever.. first jack deals.. deal rotates. 1 chip ante.. 5 card draw.. when one person is out ante goes to 2 chips. three when next out etc.. when 2 players are left anti increases each deal.. every one can play even if only one chip left, you make separate pots.. beauty of the game is it is fast once out will not be hours before the next one starts, unlike holdem.. also understand that the advantage lies with the dealer, if all pass he might throw in 5 chips to steal the pot, however if you know hin you might have passed with a high pair.. played it for years all enjoy it. 3am 2000 buy ins were also exciting... questions ???

 

[Sylvan]

Six Five, love the 727 game. Played variations of that, 333 or 222, a lot back in the college days. In 222, we called 2 aces "a hogger", means you get high and low dead on (2 aces equals 2 and 22), so no split.

 

[Sylvan]

Good ole IN BETWEEN

Everybody antes. Each player receives one card face-up, after which players, starting from the first player sitting to the left of the dealer, play their turns in the clockwise direction. Every player in his turn is dealt the second face-up card and is offered to bet on whether or not the next card from the top of the deck will numerically fall between the two cards he was dealt. The amount of the bet must be equal or lower than the size of the pot. Players can also decline betting. If the player bets and wins, he collects amount equal to his bet from the pot. If he loses he places his bet into the pot. If the third card matches one of two cards of the player he not only loses his bet, but pays an additional amount equal to his bet into the pot, this is referred to as a "Double Burn". The game continues until someone wins the entire pot.

 

[homedog]

Cadillac is a friendly, fun game. You can't lose too much.